Tag managers on WordPress sites and Interaction to Next Paint

Google Tag Manager (93.9%), Matomo Tag Manager (7.3%), Tealium iQ (0.7%), Segment (1.3%), and Adobe Launch (<0.1%) across 34,882 sites.

Field data PhoneDesktopAll Scope All sites October 2026 edition · Desktop field outcomes · WordPress sites only
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7.3% of WordPress sites use Matomo Tag Manager tag managers, and 100% of those sites have a good INP, against 100% of all WordPress sites.

The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · WordPress: 63,295 crawled sites · 17,005 with desktop field data · 34,882 sites with tag managersBy Arjen Karel · corewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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Core Web Vitals pass rate

Sites with Matomo Tag Manager tag managers have a good INP most often: 100%, against 100% of all WordPress sites. Sites with Tealium iQ tag managers have it least often, at 99%.

SitesGood, needs improvement, poor INPMedian
All WordPress sites17,005100%48ms
Segment (analytics.js) 1.3%50100%47ms
Commanders Act (TagCommander) 0.1%16100%58ms
Adobe Experience Platform Launch <0.1%10100%47ms
Matomo Tag Manager 7.3%1,002100%53ms
Google Tag Manager (GTM) 93.9%11,728100%49ms
Tealium iQ 0.7%14199%58ms
Piwik PRO Tag Manager 0.2%4498%47ms
GoodNeeds improvementPoorSites: with Chrome field data
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · WordPress: 63,295 crawled sites · 17,005 with desktop field data · 34,882 sites with tag managersBy Arjen Karel · corewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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Tag managers usage

Google Tag Manager is the most used: 93.9% of WordPress sites. Matomo Tag Manager is 7.3% of WordPress sites.

Sites using each option (sites can use more than one) 34,882 sites
Google Tag Manager (GTM) 93.9%
Google Tag Manager (GTM) 93.9% Matomo Tag Manager 7.3% Segment (analytics.js) 1.3% Tealium iQ 0.7% Piwik PRO Tag Manager 0.2% Commanders Act (TagCommander) 0.1% Adobe Experience Platform Launch <0.1%
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · WordPress: 63,295 crawled sites · 17,005 with desktop field data · 34,882 sites with tag managersBy Arjen Karel · corewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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Tag managers per framework

On jQuery, 95% of sites use Google Tag Manager tag managers, and 100% of jQuery sites have a good INP, against 100% of all sites. On Vue, 87% of sites use Google Tag Manager, and 99% of Vue sites have a good INP.

FrameworkTag managers on its sitesGood INP
WordPress sites with tag managers 34,882 sitesGoogle Tag Manager (GTM) 94%100%
jQuery 33,473 sitesGoogle Tag Manager (GTM) 95%100%
React 1,382 sitesGoogle Tag Manager (GTM) 92%100%
Vue 1,777 sitesGoogle Tag Manager (GTM) 87%Matomo Tag Manager 15%99%
Alpine 304 sitesGoogle Tag Manager (GTM) 96%99%
Google Tag Manager (GTM) Matomo Tag Manager Segment (analytics.js) Tealium iQ Piwik PRO Tag Manager Commanders Act (TagCommander) Adobe Experience Platform Launch
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · WordPress: 63,295 crawled sites · 17,005 with desktop field data · 34,882 sites with tag managersBy Arjen Karel · corewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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Tag managers or the framework

Does the framework explain the tag managers difference?

On jQuery, 100% of sites with Matomo Tag Manager tag managers have a good INP, against 100% of jQuery sites with Google Tag Manager. Within jQuery, sites with Matomo Tag Manager and Google Tag Manager have a good INP about equally often. On Vue, 100% of sites with Matomo Tag Manager tag managers have a good INP, against 100% of Vue sites with Google Tag Manager. Within Vue, sites with Matomo Tag Manager and Google Tag Manager have a good INP about equally often.

How container triggers execute third-party listeners on click and keypress

A tag manager's own loader is small, but click and form-submit triggers run synchronously inside user interaction frames. Among the 34,882 sites with a tag manager, 93.9% use Google Tag Manager (100% good INP) and 7.3% use Matomo Tag Manager (100% good INP), whereas sites running heavier enterprise containers such as Tealium iQ (0.7%, 99% good INP), Adobe Launch (<0.1%, 100%), and Segment (1.3%, 100%) record lower good INP pass rates.

The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · WordPress: 63,295 crawled sites · 17,005 with desktop field data · 34,882 sites with tag managersBy Arjen Karel · corewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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Understanding tag managers

Audit container tags regularly to prune inactive pixels, replace synchronous All Elements click triggers with targeted selectors, and move marketing tags to server-side containers where possible. Across sites with a tag manager, 93.9% use Google Tag Manager (100% good INP), 7.3% use Matomo Tag Manager (100% good INP), and 1.3% use Segment (100% good INP).

The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · WordPress: 63,295 crawled sites · 17,005 with desktop field data · 34,882 sites with tag managersBy Arjen Karel · corewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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